Show open to entry A whole township six miles square between modena and escalante in iron county along the main line of the silt lake route will be thrown open to entry under the en arged home homestead act march maych 22 according to information given out at the salt lake land office on much of the land it is stated residence will not bo be required with the opening of the tract a rush is expected because of the exceptional quality of the ground and its proximity to the salt lake route and to modena according to the rules of the land office the plats of a towns township bip must be made by the surveyor general and turned over to the land office after being approved by washington upon being received by the land office it is kept for a specified time and then the land included in the plat is thrown n open to entry the station of escalante is on the eastern edge of the township and the town of modena on the western edge the land is said to be suitable for dry farming the average annual rainfall of the district according to the weather bureau is eleven and one half inches which is said to be enough to bring about a successful dry farm crop by uso use of scientific methods it is understood that many people have visited the land expecting that thit it would soon be designated under the enlarged homestead act and are planning to file there is land enough in the tract for about seventy the land is 13 in township 34 south range 18 west salt lake meridian bp james andrus returned sunday from salt lake city where lie had bad been for two or three ecks on business busine s while there lie attended the state convention of commercial clubs and he is enthusiastic over the po of the state development league which resulted from the conTo contortion ution |